- •.3,? Bo;"k IV. 1Looking unto:Jjcfn.S'. Chap.I.Sea.;:- --~~~~--~----~--~~--------- ting brethren: Vnt• their Af{embly minr h.ononr be rims united. :;.. The Effech or benefits of this hypoftatjcal union in refpeCt of Chri!lians are their fpiritual union and communion with God and Chrill. ' J. There is a fpiritual union of Chrifljans with God in Chrill:. 0 the wonder of thefe rwoblelfedUl'lt{!ns;•fir!l: of theperfonal qr hypofiatical unjon ; iecof\dly of this fpiritti– afor ,!Uyfiieal union 1 i~ the.Perf?nal ~~ion, it .Pl~afed God to alfume a~d unire Oijr hu.– mane nature to the Detty; m th1s fpmtoal umgn it pleafed God to unite the perfon of every Believer to the perfo~ of the Son of God. This union is myllical, and yer'our E!>h; S• 30 ; very P:Cfon~, natures, bodtes, fouls arc in afpirirual way conjoyned to the Body and So11l ot ChrJ!l:; fo that we are me,P~rsof ~he B~4yof Chrift,_ and of tpe Flejh of Chrijf, 1!'1~ofthe nones of Chrift; and as ~bts con)lli\Cbon ts tmmesJwely made with his humane • Pet. a. 4• nature; fo thereby we are alfo Ujlited to the divine nawre; yea, the perfon of the Belie- 'l:ffis insJilfolubly. unite~ to the glorious perf9p of the Son of 0olf. · Now ,concernmg thts umoa, for 01,1r ben~r ynderflanding, obferve thefe four thing>. " I. It is a moll real pnion; it is nor a meer notional alld imelleClual union rhar con. ~Uls,o.nly in r~e underflanding, and without rhe unde_rflanding is nothing; it is nor an 1magmaryt~tng, that ~ath ~o other bemg butonly m the brain; no, no, iris a uu,e, re~, clfellual, fubftanual unton ; In natur~l umons, I confefs, there may be more evi– dence, bur there cannot be more rrurh ; fpirirual Agems neith.er have, nor put forth lcfs virtue, becaufe fenfe cannot ~ifcern their m~nn,er of working; even rhe Load-!l:one, though an earthen fubflance, yet when ir is our of light, whether underrhe Table, or behind a folid partitiop, it !l:irreth tl\e Needle as effeclijally as if it were within view. Sll~P not h~ contradict his fenfes, that y;ill fay, it ca,not wor/z., bccaufe 1 fee it nqt ? Oh rpy.Sjlvio,ur! thou art r.nore mine, rh.~my body isir.ni.ne ; my {~nfe f~els ~~~t prefenr, h~:~s (o ?~ rhat I muft lofe ir ; b11.t my f~ith f9 (eel~, ~%1f~es rtwe prefent wirlt me, as t,hat ~,Q!JIIl never ~e pan·ed from rhe~. . ~· It i~a very t;l,ear union: You will (ay, hoo/ ne~r ?. 1f, ~.n Angel were .~q fp,eak tQ yqu, h; cann?,t fully farisfie you in this; .only a,s far as 911.~ u~derftanding can reach ir, . ~rh>, ~r~JI.tur,es can ferv~ ~o ~Vu.firar~ r_h~fe things, tak:;: i,t thus. Wlt;ufo~~~r ~yway of co'mR~rifol). qn beaUedg~d. co,nse;l)i,ng t~; (O,ID~iQ¥tion, of a,Qy one t~i,ng with ano– rh~; th!t, a,nd mq~h mo~~ m.~Y be faiQ. qfour ~on wit~ lflUI Chrifl. To give il).(l;J!p~e OJ!.Iof the Scrip1urc ; (e~ what one flick is~Q ano;l!er b,<ingglewed togtther; fee wbat one fci~nd is to another, as {onAthan and Vapid, ~,Vho were fai)f r.o be w,ovr,na11q lt,_nil eacb o~.i.o OJher;fee bownea~ the F~therand t~f Child are;how l)e~r the husband and the wife 1 «~r: 6·t7• are;feewl;ia~union is betweentb~ Bran}hes and rhe Vine,thc; Members and the head, nay, 1 Sarw. xs. r. one rhjng mo.re: fee what rhe foul is to the body; (uch isCI)rifi,and fq near is Chrill, and Ifa. 62 • 5• l\ nearer tg the per(on of everyt~ue believer: I #ve, yet •rot I (faith Paul) br<t Chrijf /~John x1. ~· veth inme; q. d. as rhe fqults to rh~ Bo!iy o~ a,nau,ual m~n, that a.t!s andenltveijs It •«or.n.... n;~IIJl"ally, fo isJefus Cbri~tomyfoulap~body. 0 the~e is amarvellott?nearl).efs in Gal. •· >O, tf)is IJlyftical union. . 3· Iris a total union.· (i.) whole Chrifl is unit~d to the wholi' believer; foul and bo:.. dy. Ifthouan unitedtoChrift, rbouha!raJIChri!l:: rhpu art one with hjminhis na, ture, in his name; thou haft tbe fame image, grace, and fpirit in tbee, as he bath; rhe fa_IJIJ: pre~ious p~omifes, rhe fame ac~efs ro God b)• prayer ash~; .thou hall: the fa~e J~v~ of rhe Jiather; aU thar l)e did orfuffered, rl10u haft a lhare tJ1H; thou haft hts ltfe anddtaJh; al! .is thine: foonrhypan, he hat!) thee wi)olly. rhy nature~ thy lins, the pl!nifum~m Qt tby fins, thy wrath, rhy curfe, thy Ota_me; yea,_ thy ":lt, apd wealth, apd_flrengtb. alltbar rhou art, or haft, Qr ca~/!do P91llb)y,for htm. It ts a tot,al umqn; My be}01/tdu, 111 ipe, and I amhY. ; whole Cl:mlt from top r,o roe ts mme, and all thar l am, bave, or can do,for evermore is his. . . 4· It is an infeparable union, it can never be broken. I will mai(: (faith .Gap) till ]er; 3•· 40. everlaftivg,Cown 1 mt witb them, andlwiOt1o~tHrr! ""'4Y fro11}.the~ ;o dothe~ goo~, Iwtl~ put my ft~tr in tb 1 ir hearts, tha( .they P~t~O not d~paat from '11!. Tht? IS a ~lqnous pt omtf<, fomr, poor foyls may fay.. 'fr~« Lor~, thou)'filt no( turn '1111(1)' fro"'! me · 1~ow t~rJU wtf~, not.: Oh, but 1fear 1 jhftll turn aw.ay fro<ntbefi.,; Q~ al.u, i.tl'"'' every day,torfflrdf~v an{i, Satan. ! Iy.Ay, [trith God, !will pm my fe4rhl rf?yhe!Jr[, th1(,t~QJIJbalt nows_rn all"'/) fropj' ml.; q. d. WI!Jlp.ll Q~ kep.r together for evft!llOf~, and IlfV~,r bs,fepat;tted , }je~>e P•¥ triumphantly chalknges all enemies on earth, (or rather to, bell) to dp tl\etrwcrft,to Rom. 8 , ;;. break this koo.t.: Who flro/1fepartlte me from J/lr low of God irr C..~r;ijf? fi!a/t. mb;;/;~:;~
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